Lexicon :: Strong's H4791 - mārôm

מָרוֹם

Transliteration

mārôm

Pronunciation

maw-rome'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From רוּם (H7311)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2133h

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מָרוֹם mârôwm, maw-rome'; from H7311; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft):—(far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H4791 in the following manner: high (29x), height (10x), above (5x), high places (4x), highest places (1x), dignity (1x), haughty (1x), loftily (1x), high ones (1x), upward (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

height
1. height, elevation, elevated place
  1. in a high place (adv)
2. height
3. proudly (adv)
4. of nobles (fig.)

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STRONGS H4791: Abbreviations

† מָרוֺם noun masculine^{Ecclesiastes 10:6} height (poetry); — absolute מ׳ Micah 6:6 +; construct מְרוֺם 2 Kings 19:23 +; plural מְרוֺמִים Isaiah 33:16 +; construct מְרוֺמֵי Judges 5:18; suffix מְרוֺמָיו Job 25:2; —

1. height, elevation (concrete), elevated place: מְרוֺמֵי שָׂדֶה Judges 5:18, בְּראֹשׁ מְרֹמִים Proverbs 8:2; מְרוֺם שִׁבְתּוֺ Obadiah 3 (compare Now), מְרוֺם גִּבְעָה in || Jeremiah 49:16; הָרִים מ׳ top of mountains 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24a, קִצּוֺ מ׳ Isaiah 37:24b; עֻזָּהּ מ׳ Jeremiah 51:53 (of Babylonian); specifically of Zion, מ׳ Jeremiah 17:12, מ׳ צִיּוֺן Jeremiah 31:12, יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהַר מ׳ Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 20:40, יִשׂ׳ בְּהָרֵי מ׳ Ezekiel 34:14; indefinite, Habakkuk 2:9 (in figurative), לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמ׳ Job 5:11; בַּמְּרוֺמִים רַבִּים Ecclesiastes 10:6 (of high office, rank; opposed to שֵׁפֶל); ישְׁבֵי מָרוֺם Isaiah 26:5, i.e. in (supposed) security, compare מְרוֺמִים יִשְׁכֹּן Isaiah 33:16 (|| מְצָדוֺת סְלָעִים); לַמּ׳ on high (German in die Höhe) Psalm 75:6 [Psalm 75:5], so בַּמּ׳ Job 39:18, adverb = in a high place Isaiah 22:16.

2. מ׳ alone = height of heaven: אֱלֹהֵי מָרוֺם Micah 6:6; 2 Samuel 22:17 = Psalm 18:17 [Psalm 18:16]; Isaiah 24:21, 21; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 58:4; Lamentations 1:13; Psalm 7:8 [Psalm 7:7]; Psalm 68:19 [Psalm 68:18]; Psalm 71:19; Psalm 93:4; Psalm 144:7, plural Job 25:2; || שָׁמַיִם, קָדְשׁוֺ מ׳ Psalm 102:20 [Psalm 102:19] מְרוֺמִים Job 16:19; Psalm 148:1; || מְעוֺן קָדְשׁוֺ Jeremiah 25:30, || מָ֑עַל Job 31:2 (plural), opposed to מוֺסְדֵי אֶרֶץ Isaiah 24:18; as predicate of י׳ Psalm 92:9 [Psalm 92:8]; compare Psalm 10:5; as adverb (i.e. in heaven) Isaiah 33:5; לַמּ׳ towards heaven Isaiah 38:14; Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 37:23 = 2 Kings 19:22; מִמּ׳ in figure Psalm 73:8 they speak (as if) from the sky, from heaven (i.e. so arrogantly).

3. מ׳ adverb figurative, = proudly Psalm 56:3 [Psalm 56:2 (so Gei Hup-Now and others, compare Che, but dubious), Bae in high station; Du reads מַריוֺם (יוֺם to H3117 Psalm 56:4 [Psalm 56:3]; as dittograph?).

4. figurative of nobles (collective) מְרוֺם עַםהָֿאָרֶץ Isaiah 24:4.

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